Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 · Boston, J. P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington; [etc., etc.] · leaf 31
ose distant days of fable, when Jupiter did not disdain to grace The feast of Ethiopia's blameless race,^ the merchandise in slaves will be found to have contributed to the abolition of two hateful cus- toms, once universal in Africa — the eating of cap- tives, and their sacrifice to idols. Thus,… … and were by him hailed as angels. A law of so vir- tuous a king as Alfred ranks slaves with horses and Iliad, book i.
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